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Weis Markets · 3 months ago

Assistant Produce Manager

125 - Camp Hill, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Weis Markets is a company that values teamwork and the growth of its associates and communities. The Assistant Produce Manager is responsible for promoting excellent customer relations, assisting in day-to-day produce operations, and ensuring the quality and freshness of merchandise. This role also involves managing inventory, overseeing department associates, and maintaining department organization and sanitation.

Retail

Responsibilities

Promotes excellent customer relations by instilling positive customer focused behavior with associates. Smiles and greets customers, answers customer questions and helps resolve customer issues promptly in a polite and professional manner. Focuses on continuous improvement in all areas of the department and makes changes to ensure progress

Takes customer orders over the phone or in person at the store with a pleasant and positive attitude. Determines what the customer is looking for in terms of size and appearance. Creates the finished product in timely fashion

Ensures fresh quality merchandise by using proper product handling techniques. Help with controlling damages and minimizing product losses according to company procedures and standards

Assists Produce Manager in day-to-day functions of Produce operations such as merchandising, ad execution, associate engagement and customer service. Performs duties of Produce Manager in their absence

Develops and implements merchandising plans that meet financial goals. Knowledgeable on weekly ads and specials to ensure correct pricing and production amounts. Continuously improves knowledge of produced merchandise. Adheres to and enforces company policy of production logs

Oversees department inventories by tracking weekly sales reports, product orders and supplies to ensure successful period-end physical inventory

Assists with scheduling all department associates, participates in training, rewards and recognizes performance and delegates work assignments to effectively utilize talents and abilities while maximizing profits for the department. Utilizes the Learning Management System (LMS) for current and new associates

Manages inventory levels and reviews orders to ensure product quantities meet customer demand. Maintains backroom organization and product storage within company guidelines. Oversees shelf replenishment efforts to ensure product availability for customers, with prioritization for weekly specials, seasonally and locally relevant items, and other high-velocity items. Utilizes cutting list for accuracy and variety of product

Checks and verifies all department deliveries and invoices to ensure accurate billing. May help unload merchandise and transport to sales floor or storage area. Enforces and follows department practices regarding receiving, dating and restocking to ensure product rotation. Monitors product quality and freshness. Breaks down deliveries

Controls department expenses by improving operations and efficiencies, controls labor costs and reduces losses due to damages, spoiled product and shrink. Ensures associates correctly follow company recipes for prepared products. Maintains freshness by properly removing and recording out of code products. Completes required product logs

Keeps produce department well stocked and appealing to meet customer demands. Smiles and greets customers, answers customer questions, handles special requests such as filling orders for fruit baskets and resolves customer concerns promptly in a polite and professional manner

Unpacks cartons and crates of merchandise, cleans and trims produce, stocks area with new merchandise. Ensures merchandise is in saleable condition which requires rotating stock to ensure freshness. Ensures that product has been properly priced with correct signage. Maintains salad bar and cut fruit/vegetable as needed

Assists in building attractive displays. Accurately completes necessary product logs. Handles spoiled and damaged product, new items and discontinued items accordingly to company policy

Maintains backroom and receiving area security and organization by promoting procedures. Responsible for general sanitation in the department. Follows cleaning schedules and department guidelines to ensure that work areas, equipment, counters, display cases, etc. are well maintained, clean and meet all health and OSHA requirements. Disposes of trash properly

May assist with baling cardboard or other related duties if properly trained. Training provided

Ensures smooth function of department and store by cooperating with co-workers and superiors. Responsible to continuously improve job performance

Responsible for utilization of all company provided Personal Protected Equipment (PPE). Including but not limited to cut resistant gloves, safety cutters, company sponsored footwear, etc

May also be called upon to assist in other departments